6/28, Wednesday. Last Day in Essex

We are up to Coffee and left overs at the residence at the Barn.

I pull all the sheets and towels for laundry.  We get packed.  Ozzie comes for coffee as we get organized to leave.

Heather comes for a goodbye visit (with Bouy) before Sandy arrives.   Ozzie is going with us to the airport.

We return the rental car.  Traffic on the freeway is thick.  We stop for lunch at Kelly's Roast Beef and Gary has the $21.99 lobster roll sandwich for lunch.  After driving by all the restaurants all week this is where he get's his Mass. Lobster.

Ozzie takes us to Logan Airport via many short cuts.  We get Ozzie and Sandy in to and out of the airport congestion as soon as possible.  They will have a hectic drive back to Essex.

We are in the airport early and begin reading and waiting.

Our plane boards on time but two instances of fouled bathrooms put us back in dock for extra maintenance and delay our flight for about an hour.  We are going to miss our connection to Reno.  Once determining that, I call United and make a new reservation for the the following day.

The flight to California is an 8 hour flight (an all nighter).  Gary has brought the paddle pads but his butt starts hurting about half way through the flight.  I sleep (dramamine is my friend).  We both get up and move around about hour 5.  They turn the cabin lights of encouraging us to be quiet.

The fellow in the seat in front of me has a nice tablet and is watching House of Cards so I am caught up on that vile show.

We arrive in San Francisco at mid-night and are directed to Customer Service (between Gates 80 and 82) to find accomplished customer service rep Sherry D dealing with about 100 people who have missed their connection to Reno.  She takes good care of us with a room voucher at Holiday Inn and meal vouchers for the morning and a cute little pre-pack of goodies like tooth brush and paste.  Ours are still in our luggage at the air port.

Our room is nice but there is external noise.  I am sure I will not sleep but I sleep hard and am gratetful for it the next day.